The Butler weekly times., 1887-01-05
Amt Maria On Sunday Observance.

Aunt Maria has been our cook for
twenty years. and though she sometimes
mods in the chimney CORNER. she Is not
% old AS to burn the roast beef or scorch
the biscuits
Aunt Maria generally wears bright
colored handkerchief upon her head In
the shape OF Coz nucopia. When she
puts on one as crimson as scrap VI
sunset. and very slif with starch. she Is
in u tnlkative mood.
Al such times she loves to sit upon an
old hOrse-hair sofa in the corner OF the
kitchen, and tell what she calls, DE
tales my gran daddy told me wen
WIZ n gal.
DurIng the Christmas holidays Aunt
Maria entertained her young nephew
from the city with an ODossum story.
evidently intended To point moral"
through the medium of the supernat-
ural.
Ill tell YOU" she SAID. with an air
Of infinite INSTRUCTION, w at a possum
like"
He's bout twict de size OBJ n growed-
up c.,L an hes gray an sorlcr shaggy.
wd long wool. but nit amt kinky like
a nigyers q. He's got feet like 4 Cat. an
his lail is ez cl'ar OBJ har ez u hoop
staff OATS dc describement OBJ him.
He's - powerful dcceIvin' animal
He acts lest like he's dead when he
ANT He lays ON dc groun' quietsome
ez y Corpse. an dey amt nulnin' kin
br:il his deccivinni,s.
Il know SONIC humans dat PLAYS
'po>sum Ter keep from gwin ter work.
an amt got no use for such trash.
Il fat 'pOssum is better eatin' dan
roas pg. He's greasy an good ter de
ia,c. Some people rutler chaw on de
bone, Ob Il 'possum dan de meat OBJ q
rabbit.
bars mighty big diflrunce 'twixt
a pussum an u coon. Coon meat 10
a heap stronger ter q. taste dan possum
meat, an dcy don't favor wun anudder
| en"y ways
'.Dar's teetotal diffrunce 'twixt all
dc animils. I'm gwin ter sing song
ter YOU dat dc culiud folks sings bout
do com. de 'pos>uni. an de rabbit"
Without further preface, Aunt Maria
plunged into the liveliest Of tunes, which
sro sang in " somewhat era ked but
very energetic vO.ca The words Of the
| chorus Weru these:
D, rpcc ~,n iaic got ring all 'roun',
| An 'pussum tai. gn bar.
Oo rabbi Me- Y.,l uI all ~ all,
But \ sail,. bunch Oh mar.
Aunt Marias delighted listener asked
her enthusiastically to sing something
else.
I'm obleegcd ter you. honey" she
rrpiled with evident grat,ficatIO,. "bul
CM hushier dan use Ter bu, an lss
gut us aslmatics in my chiss. rss afeArd
ter sing. ccpt wunst IA while. BuI
Ill tell you tale dat my gran daddy
told n,e bout man dat used tor hxt
do w.cHediIess ob hunl,n' Oh Sundxys
Gran daddy said dc mAn-hs WAS /,
nigger lNan dat wuzn't converted BY
baptizin'-fOilercd huntin' fer y bisnes.
ali dc days Oh du cox. All Sundays TOO
''ic wuz big pOssu,u-hunter. Hs
went Out wun Sunday nits wild gang
oO dogs ter hunt fer pt'ssun,s
AFTER xwhllu do dogs got Oh ie trail
ob u POssunI. an trec,i mi. Do dog,
wuz n gUoL ~avs ahead ob de nan. All
be called tor dem. sn' KEEP dem bay lns
NJ de Tree tel he come.
Nv hen he got uar he seed u big w'ts
thing c,vcrIng up tic limbs of de ,Iee
he lux mo ax. an struck - irauy lici
inter ds lice. an cut hit .uwn. bu
twarn't IL i've pOssun he cotched
'tva1 dc gose ob 1u"!
DE sperlt spoke ter him an sed
:Munday mite. Chusedsy mite. Wsnsday
Mite. Tnu, sday mite. Friday nils. Sad
asy n'te. Sunday ".te pour 'possu,,
can gll no res
Den dc gose pitched on him from d,
tree. an wrapped him an his dogs VI
in n sheet. An wen ds spcrii unwoun
hit dc dogs ruined oil an ncbb.r WI
seed no mo by nobO.ty. De man wen
home. An tuck ter his b,.d an died.
| An b'iieves dc KILN wuz done b,
de Lord. case de hunter man nsbbe
minded wat de good buck s..s bout d
k-ep,n' Oh dc Loru's day W.l.am d
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